Major Incident Manager Job Trends

Major Incident Manager
UK

The median Major Incident Manager salary in the UK is £43,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 February 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 638 692 801
Rank change year-on-year +54 +109 +193
Permanent jobs requiring a Major Incident Manager 34 11 10
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.051% 0.022% 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.056% 0.024% 0.014%
Number of salaries quoted 14 7 8
10th Percentile - £42,900 £56,000
25th Percentile £41,750 £47,500 £61,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £52,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.14% -25.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £47,000 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £54,350 - £73,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £50,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -13.00% -28.57% +33.33%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 60,667 45,736 70,044
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.19% 91.76% 94.91%
Number of salaries quoted 37,923 23,920 54,830
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,453 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £39,268
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%

Major Incident Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Major Incident Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Major Incident Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

Major Incident Manager
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Major Incident Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Major Incident Manager job vacancies in the UK

Major Incident Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Major Incident Manager over the 6 months to 12 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Major Incident Manager in the UK

Major Incident Manager
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Major Incident Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 12 February 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London +53 27 £43,500 -13.00% 2
England +41 17 £53,750 +2.38% 1
Northern Ireland - 12 £43,500 - 2
London +34 7 £47,500 -36.67% 1
South East - 7 - -
Work from Home +41 4 £47,500 -5.00%
Scotland - 4 - -
North of England -8 2 £60,000 +66.67%
East of England - 1 - -
Wales - 1 - -
North East - 1 - -
Yorkshire - 1 £60,000 -

Major Incident Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 February 2026, Major Incident Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Major Incident Manager in the job title.

1 34 (100.00%) ITIL
2 24 (70.59%) Incident Management
3 22 (64.71%) Major Incident Management
4 15 (44.12%) Problem Management
5 12 (35.29%) Service Delivery
6 11 (32.35%) Remedy
6 11 (32.35%) Security Cleared
7 10 (29.41%) Root Cause Analysis
8 8 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (23.53%) Service Management
9 7 (20.59%) ITSM
10 6 (17.65%) Analytics
10 6 (17.65%) Data Analysis
10 6 (17.65%) Performance Metrics
10 6 (17.65%) ServiceNow
11 5 (14.71%) Problem-Solving
12 3 (8.82%) Business Continuity
12 3 (8.82%) Disaster Recovery
12 3 (8.82%) Mentoring
12 3 (8.82%) SC Cleared
12 3 (8.82%) Stakeholder Management
13 2 (5.88%) Decision-Making
13 2 (5.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 1 (2.94%) Agile
14 1 (2.94%) Analytical Thinking
14 1 (2.94%) BMC
14 1 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
14 1 (2.94%) Capita
14 1 (2.94%) Case Management
14 1 (2.94%) Change Management

Major Incident Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.94%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.94%) Power BI
General
1 17 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 14 (41.18%) Law
3 10 (29.41%) Finance
4 6 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (11.76%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (8.82%) French Language
7 1 (2.94%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.88%) Virtual Team
2 1 (2.94%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (100.00%) ITIL
2 24 (70.59%) Incident Management
3 22 (64.71%) Major Incident Management
4 15 (44.12%) Problem Management
5 12 (35.29%) Service Delivery
6 10 (29.41%) Root Cause Analysis
7 8 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (23.53%) Service Management
8 7 (20.59%) ITSM
9 6 (17.65%) Analytics
9 6 (17.65%) Data Analysis
9 6 (17.65%) Performance Metrics
10 5 (14.71%) Problem-Solving
11 3 (8.82%) Business Continuity
11 3 (8.82%) Disaster Recovery
11 3 (8.82%) Mentoring
11 3 (8.82%) Stakeholder Management
12 2 (5.88%) Decision-Making
13 1 (2.94%) Employee Productivity
13 1 (2.94%) Site Reliability Engineering
Qualifications
1 11 (32.35%) Security Cleared
2 3 (8.82%) SC Cleared
3 2 (5.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.94%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.94%) SLA
Vendors
1 11 (32.35%) Remedy
2 6 (17.65%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.94%) BMC
3 1 (2.94%) Capita
3 1 (2.94%) Microsoft